Fluid-elevating apparatus.



M. W. BRBUBR.

FLUID BLEVATING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 13, 1911.

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FLUID ELEVATING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED SBPT.13,1911.

Patented Sept.'23, 1913.

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M WTBreuer MARTIN W. BREUER, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

FLUID-ELEVATING- APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Tlatented Sept. 23, 191?.

Serial No. 649,049.

Application filed September 18. 1911.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, fvlAR'llN WV. Bastien, a citizen of the United States, residing at Denver, in the county of Denver and State of Colorado, have invented new and useful Improvements in Fluid-Elevating Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to fluid elevating apparatus and has for an object to provide a pump for centrifugally elevating fluids, such as water or the like.

For the purpose mentioned, use is made of a casing provided with an inlet and capable of rotation, at plitirality of coils having connection with the said casing and arranged to; proportionately flare as they extend upwardly from the said casing, each of the said coils being similar in outline to an inverted cone, a shaft secured to the said casing and extending upwardly through the said coils and means connected with the upper end of the said shaft for ii'i'iparting rotation thereto.

My device is preferably adapted for use in wells and the like, the casing being arranged to rotate within the well with a portion of the casing disposed beneath the mean water level and the mentioned coils extending upwardly in the well so that when the water received within the casing is set in motion by the rotation of the casing, the mentioned water will be centrifugally forced upward through the tubular portions of the said coils and ejected from the upper ends thereof, the upper ends of the said coils being preferably arranged exteriorly of the said well and adjacent a suitable trough or the like so that the water which passes upwardly through the tubular portions of the coils can be conveniently received in the mentioned trough or a suitable catch basin.

Reference is to be had to the accon'ipanying drawings constituting a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in all the views, and in which- Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a well showing my device arranged therein. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the easing and a portion of the shaft, showing the manner of securing the same to the casing, parts being broken away to disclose the underlying structure. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional View taken on the line 83 in Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrow,

parts being broken away to disclose the underlying structure. Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional "iew taken on the line i t in Fi 11, looking in the direction of the arrow.

Referring to the views, and more particu' larly to Fig. 1, I provide a well 10 having a base 11 mmlntcd on the bottom 12 thereof and journaled in the base 11 is a vertically extending shaft 13, having the upper end thereof projecting exterior of the well 10 and provided with a pulley Lil, encircled by a belt 15 having connection with a suitable driving mechanism for imparting rotation to the shaft 13. A casing 16 is mounted on the shaft 13 near the lower end thereof and consists of a body portion 17 provided with an inlet 18, a frusto-conically shaped head 1!) being formed on the body portion 17 and provided with a tubular depending llange 20 having rigid connection with the shaft 13 by means of a suitable key 21, the shaft 13 being slightly reduced at to permit of extending the shaft through the inlet 18 without entirely closing the inlet as shown in llig. 2. Openings 523 are provided in the cool :ally shaped head 19 and secured therein are tubular coils 24-. extending upwardly from the casing 16 and encircling the shaft .13, the said coils being llared upwardly and arranged in a spiral fashion, the said coils in outline resembling an inverted cone with the upper ends or outlets 25 of the tubes forming the coils 2i, extended slightly beyond the upper end of the well 10.

A cover 36, including a catch basin 27 piovided with a spent 28 is arranged to close the opening of the well ill) and the bottom 25) of the catch basin 27 is preferably inclined toward the spout 28, the outlet ends of the tubes foruiing the coils 24-, being positioned slightly above the bottom 22) of the catch basin 27, suitable cross braces 30 being secured to the shaft 13 and the coils 241 to rigidly position the coils within the well 10, a trap door 31 being mounted on the cover 26 for pern'iitting access to the well 10.

\Vhen the device (it cribed is arranged in the well 10, the casing 16 is positioned so that about three-tonrths of the casing will be below the level of the water in the well. lVhen the shaft 13 is rotated by means of the belt to passing over the pulley l t and having connection with a driving mechanism, the casing 16 will be rotated and the water which passes into the casing through the inlet 18 will also commence to rotate with the casing. \Vhen the casing has reached a certain speed of rotation, the water in the casing will be forced outwardly through the tubular portions of the coils 24: and will be centrifugally forced upwardly and ejected from the outlets 25, the said water after being ejected from the outlets 25 being received in the catch basin 27 after which the water will flow down the incline of the catch basin and out through the spent 28.

By having the coils described formed in the manner mentioned, with the convolutions of the coils increasing in radius toward the upper ends of the coils, the water or fluid will more readily ascend in the coils, in view of the centrifugal action thereof, and when the casing 16 is rotated the water forced upwardly in the casing will tend to spread out and will continue to spread out, as it ascends in the coils, in View of the flaring of the coils from the lower toward the upper ends thereof. It will be readily apparent that by proportionately in creasing each convolution of the spiral coils in proportion to the height or the length of the coils, the water or fluid will more readily ascend therein, it being well known that fluid ascending in a spiral form in which the convolutions of the coils increase is more eflicient than the ascending of a fluid in straight tubes or the like, which are simply inclined with respect to a vertical axis.

Thus, it will be seen that by simply imparting a rotary movement to the casing 16, the water contained in the well will be do vated through the tubular portions of the coils and eject-ed from the spout 28, it being understood that the amount of water received in the spout 28 depends on the speed of rotation of the casing 16 and number of coils 2% connected to the casing.

It will be understood that I do not limit myself to the particular application of my device as shown and described herein, my device being adaptable for elevating various fluids, such as oils and the like, and it will be further understood that I do not limit myself to the particular construction shown in the drawings, the scope of the invention being defined inthe appended claims.

Having thus fully described the tion, whatl claim as new, is

1. In a device of the class described, a casing provided with an inlet, a frustoconically shaped head formed on the said casing, a driving shaft keyed to the said invenhead, means for rotating the said driving shaft to rotate the said casing and tubular coils connected to the said casing and extending upwardly therefrom, the said coils being flared upwardly from the said casing and arranged spirally relatively to the said shaft.

2. In combination with a well having. a catch basin, a shaft journaled in the said well, acasing mounted in the said well to turn with the said shaft, a pair of reverse spirally arranged coils connected to said casing and to said shaft to turn therewith, the upper ends of the said coils being arranged in juxtaposition to the said catch basin and said coils having their convolutions gradually increasing in size from their lower to their upper ends, and means for imparting rotation to the said shaft.

3. In combination with a well having a catch basin, a casing arranged within the well and provided with an inlet and a frusto-conical head, a driving shaft extending through the casing and keyed to said frusto-conical head, means for rotating the shaft, and a pair of reverse spirally arranged coils communicating at their lower ends with the casing and having their upper ends arranged in juxtaposition to the catch basin, said coils having their convolutions of minimum size at their lower ends and thence increasing gradually in size toward their upper ends.

l. In combination with a catch basin, a

coils having connection with the casing and extending spirally upward therefrom, with the convolutions of the coils increasing in size from the lower toward the upper ends of the coils, and means for imparting rotation to the said casing.

5. In a device of the class described, the combination with a casing, of means for imparting rotation thereto, and tubularcoils having connection with the said casing and projecting upwardly therefrom, the convolutions of the said coils gradually increasing in size from their lower to their upper ends.

In testimony whereof I afix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MARTIN W. BREUER.

iVitnesses:

AVERY L. TI-IoMrsoN, RAY W. BRAUNSON.

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